Defendant shall be punished by a fine of 1.5 million won.

If the defendant does not pay the above fine, KRW 100,000.

Punishment of the crime

Any person who intends to divert a mountainous district shall obtain permission to divert the mountainous district to the competent authority by determining its use.

Nevertheless, on July 2014, the Defendant: (a) removed standing timber from the 210 square meters in Chungcheongnam-si, Chungcheongnam-do; (b) D 65 square meters without obtaining the said permission; and (c) cut the ground, thereby diverting a mountainous district of a size equivalent to 275 square meters.

Summary of Evidence

1. Defendant's legal statement;

1. Location map of illegal damaged area;

1. Satellite photographs and photographs of the current status of illegally damaged land;

1. Survey map of the current status;

1. Statement of calculation of expenses for restoring a mountainous district;

1. Application of statutes in the forestry cadastral book and forestry cadastral map;

1. Article 53 of the Management of Mountainous Districts Act and Articles 53 subparagraph 1 and 14 (1) of the Management of Mountainous Districts Act, the selection of fines for criminal facts;

1. Articles 70 (1) and 69 (2) of the Criminal Act for the detention of a workhouse;

1. Article 334 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Act of the provisional payment order;